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Imagine my surprise when 98% of all people I've ever seen claim to like hiking meant at most a hour or two walk up a hill, versus something that could take over
by tekla 4y ago
Imagine my surprise when 98% of all people I've ever seen claim to like hiking meant at most a hour or two walk up a hill, versus something that could take over a day with several thousand foot elevation changes.
Really soured me on that category.
- midoridensha 4y agoAnything over a day is not "hiking", that's "backpacking", as another poster said. There's a reason that outdoor boots are divided into "hiking boots" and "backpacking boots". The two are significantly different.
- dotancohen 4y agoHonestly, I love hiking. My family does maybe a dozen or so hikes per year - and every hike is under six hours, often under four. Perhaps we need a different word for the two activities.
- sixstringtheory 4y agoI would say what you do is hiking and anything that takes over a day is “backpacking”. Then you can get into “urban” vs “backcountry”/“remote”/“wilderness”.
- akiselev 4y agoIf it takes over a day then its backpacking, not hiking. At least that's how I and most people colloquially understand the two.
- Nifty3929 4y agohttps://m.xkcd.com/120/ https://m.xkcd.com/120/